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myr=Fwóshān j=Fat6saan1 or Fahtsāan >ci={{IPA-yue}} or {{IPA-yue}} l=“Buddha{{nbsp}}Mountain“|showflag=py}}Foshan{{efn|{{IPAc-en|UK|f|ou|’|sh|ae|n}}, {{IPAc-en|US|-|sh|a:|n}}; alternately romanized as Fatshan}} is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers {{convert|3,848|km2|abbr=on|sp=us}} and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone whose built-up (or metro) area was home to 65,694,622 inhabitants as of 2020 (excluding Hong Kong not conurbated yet), making it the biggest urban area of the world.Foshan is regarded as the home of Cantonese opera, a genre of Chinese opera; Nanquan, a martial art; and lion dancing.{{TOC limit|2}}{{anchor|Names|Etymology}}

Name

File:Nieuhof-Ambassade-vers-la-Chine-1665 0837.tif|thumb|left|200px|“Faesan” (Foshan), from Johan Nieuhof’s 1665 Embassy of the Dutch East India Company to the Emperor of ChinaEmperor of ChinaFóshān is the pinyin romanization of the city’s Chinese name }}, based on its Mandarin pronunciation. The Postal Map spelling “Fatshan” derives from the same name’s local Cantonese pronunciation. Other romanizations include Fat-shanEB1911, XV, Kwang-Tung, BOOK, 1956, Theodore Shabad, China’s Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People’s Republic, New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 55-11530, 916993074, 166,archive.org/details/chinaschangingma0000shab/page/166/mode/2up, With the exception of Shiukwan on the Canton-Hankow railroad, Kwangtung’s regional centers are situated along the coast, notably in the Canton delta. There, in addition to Canton, are the cities of Fatshan, Kongmoon and Shekki. The metropolis of western Kwangtung is Tsamkong, and Pakhoi is the chief town of the western panhandle., and Fat-shun.EB9, cs2, China, {{harvid, EB, 1878, |volume=5}} Foshan means “Buddha{{nbsp}}Mountain” and, despite the more famous present-day statue of Guanyin (or Kwanyin) on Mount Xiqiao, who isn’t a Buddha, it refers to a smaller hill near the centre of town where three bronze sculptures of Buddha were discovered in AD 628. The town grew up around a monastery founded nearby that was destroyed in 1391.{{citation |last=McDermott |first=Joseph P. |title=State and Court Ritual in China |page=281}}.

History

Pre-20th century

Foshan remained a minor settlement on the Fen River for most of China’s history. It developed around a Tang-era Buddhist monastery that was destroyed in 1391. The Foshan Ancestral Temple, a Taoist temple to the Northern God (Beidi) that was rebuilt in 1372, became the new focus of the community by the 15th century.By the early Ming, Foshan had grown into one of the four great markets in China, primarily on the strength of its local ceramics but also on account of its metalwork.{{citation |last=Vogel |first=Ezra F. |title=One Step Ahead in China: Guangdong under Reform |date=October 1990 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NU2NLLjO1fUC |page=182 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=9780674639119 |access-date=2016-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030141657books.google.com/books?id=NU2NLLjO1fUC |archive-date=2016-10-30 |url-status=live }}. Under the Qing, its harbor on the Fen River was limited to ships of a thousand tons’ burden but it remained well connected with Guangdong’s other ports. By the 19th century, Foshan was considered the “Birmingham of China”, with its steel industry responsible for the consumption of the majority of the province’s iron production.

20th century and onwards

Foshan was connected to Guangzhou and Sanshui by rail in the early 20th century. The Ancestral Temple was converted into the Foshan Municipal Museum upon the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War in 1949.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}Foshan remained primarily focused on ceramic and steel production until the 1950s, when it became an urbanizing political center. On 26 June 1951, it left Nanhai County to become a separate county-level city and, in 1954, it was made the seat of the prefectural government. Its economy stagnated as a result of the Cultural Revolution—traditional ceramic ware was forbidden and its workshops were turned to producing Maoist and Revolutionary (wikt:trinket|folderol) — but it continued to grow, reaching 300,000 people by the 1970s, making it the province’s second city after Guangzhou.As early as 1973, however, its agriculture and consumer industries were permitted to become an export production base and a modern highway linked it to Guangzhou soon after. This permitted its party secretary Tong Mengqing and mayor Yu Fei to take full advantage when Deng Xiaoping introduced his Opening Up policies after the fall of the Gang of Four.In 1983, Foshan was promoted to a prefecture-level city with its former core becoming the new Chancheng District but lost the southwestern half of its former territory to Jiangmen. On 8 December 2002, Shunde and Nanhai joined its urban core as a full district. Shunde has gone on to obtain an unusual autonomous status in 2009, placing its oversight in the hands of the provincial government rather than the prefectural one.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}Since 2020 a Japanese-themed street in Foshan has become a hit with young people unable to travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic.Chinese, unable to travel abroad, are flocking to a mock Japanese street in Guangdong, South China Morning Post, 1 October 2020 The 100m-long road called Ichiban Street has been outfitted by a local property developer to resemble famous commercial streets in Japan, complete with a sakura tree, an icon of Japan. The “exotic” street is attracting young people from nearby cities like Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Zhuhai as the younger Chinese generation likes many things about Japanese culture and design.

Geography{|class“wikitable sortable”

{{Location map+ width=1000 places= {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=23|lat_min=07|lon_deg=113|lon_min=15|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Guangzhou}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=33|lon_deg=114|lon_min=06|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Shenzhen}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=16|lon_deg=114|lon_min=09|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Hong Kong}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=23|lat_min=03|lon_deg=113|lon_min=43|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Dongguan}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=23|lat_min=01|lon_deg=113|lon_min=07|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Foshan}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=35|lon_deg=113|lon_min=04|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Jiangmen}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=23|lat_min=06|lon_deg=114|lon_min=24|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Huizhou}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=31|lon_deg=113|lon_min=21|background=skyblue|position=bottom|label=Zhongshan}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=16|lon_deg=113|lon_min=34|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Zhuhai}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=10|lon_deg=113|lon_min=33|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Macau}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=23|lat_min=03|lon_deg=112|lon_min=27|background=skyblue|position=right|label=Zhaoqing}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=11|lon_deg=112|lon_min=18|background=skyblue|position=right|mark=Cyan pog.svg|label=Enping}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=40|lon_deg=112|lon_min=45|background=skyblue|position=right|mark=Cyan pog.svg|label=Heshan}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=22|lat_min=22|lon_deg=112|lon_min=41|background=skyblue|position=right|mark=Cyan pog.svg|label=Kaiping}} {{Location map~ |Guangdong |lat_deg=23|lat_min=21|lon_deg=112|lon_min=41|background=skyblue|position=right|mark=Cyan pog.svg|label=Sihui}}}}Foshan lies on the Fen River in the estuaries making up the west side of the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou lies {{convert|25|km|sp=us}} to the northeast, Zhongshan to the southeast, Jiangmen to the south, Qingyuan to the north, and Zhaoqing to the west.NEWS, Foshan,www.bing.com/maps, Bing Maps, May 28, 2016, Samuel, Farrell,www.bing.com/maps/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160527232457www.bing.com/maps/,">web.archive.org/web/20160527232457www.bing.com/maps/, May 27, 2016, live,

Climate

Foshan experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa).{{Weather box|width=auto|metric first=y|single line=y |collapsed = Y|location = Foshan (Nanhai District, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)|Jan high C = 18.3|Feb high C = 19.7|Mar high C = 22.3|Apr high C = 26.7|May high C = 30.5|Jun high C = 32.4|Jul high C = 33.7|Aug high C = 33.6|Sep high C = 32.2|Oct high C = 29.4|Nov high C = 25.2|Dec high C = 20.4|Jan mean C = 14.0|Feb mean C = 15.7|Mar mean C = 18.6|Apr mean C = 23.0|May mean C = 26.6|Jun mean C = 28.6|Jul mean C = 29.5|Aug mean C = 29.4|Sep mean C = 28.1|Oct mean C = 25.1|Nov mean C = 20.7|Dec mean C = 15.8|Jan low C = 11.1|Feb low C = 12.9|Mar low C = 15.9|Apr low C = 20.3|May low C = 23.7|Jun low C = 25.8|Jul low C = 26.5|Aug low C = 26.3|Sep low C = 25.0|Oct low C = 21.9|Nov low C = 17.4|Dec low C = 12.6Jan record low C = 2.0Feb record low C = 2.3Mar record low C = 3.4Apr record low C = 10.5May record low C = 14.9Jun record low C = 18.7Jul record low C = 22.8Aug record low C = 23.3Sep record low C = 19.6Oct record low C = 10.7Nov record low C = 4.4Dec record low C = 3.1year low C= year low F =|precipitation colour = green|Jan precipitation mm = 53.1|Feb precipitation mm = 54.4|Mar precipitation mm = 95.8|Apr precipitation mm = 161.5|May precipitation mm = 260.9|Jun precipitation mm = 308.1|Jul precipitation mm = 226.6|Aug precipitation mm = 266.3|Sep precipitation mm = 211.1|Oct precipitation mm = 78.7|Nov precipitation mm = 42.2|Dec precipitation mm = 35.2|Jan humidity = 71|Feb humidity = 76|Mar humidity = 79|Apr humidity = 80|May humidity = 79|Jun humidity = 80|Jul humidity = 77|Aug humidity = 77|Sep humidity = 74|Oct humidity = 67|Nov humidity = 67|Dec humidity = 65|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 7.2|Feb precipitation days = 9.3|Mar precipitation days = 13.8|Apr precipitation days = 14.6|May precipitation days = 17.2|Jun precipitation days = 18.5|Jul precipitation days = 16.5|Aug precipitation days = 15.8|Sep precipitation days = 12.3|Oct precipitation days = 5.3|Nov precipitation days = 5.7|Dec precipitation days = 5.7|year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 104.3|Feb sun = 75.1|Mar sun = 61.8|Apr sun = 73.2|May sun = 112.5|Jun sun = 132.6|Jul sun = 178.8|Aug sun = 167.5|Sep sun = 157.0|Oct sun = 170.5|Nov sun = 150.8|Dec sun = 140.4|year sun = | Jan percentsun = 31| Feb percentsun = 23| Mar percentsun = 17| Apr percentsun = 19| May percentsun = 27| Jun percentsun = 33| Jul percentsun = 43| Aug percentsun = 42| Sep percentsun = 43| Oct percentsun = 48| Nov percentsun = 46| Dec percentsun = 42China Meteorological AdministrationHTTP://DATA.CMA.CN/DATA/WEATHERBK.HTML PUBLISHER=CHINA METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION ACCESS-DATE=28 MAY 2023, WEB,experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps, zh:中国气象数据网, China Meteorological Administration, zh-hans, 28 May 2023, Experience Template, }}

Economy

Foshan has been well known for its ceramics since the Ming dynasty, although it was forced to cease production during the Cultural Revolution.Foshan had a Â¥0.8 trillion gross domestic product in 2015, raising its per capita GDP past $10,000.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Shunde District in particular has a high standard of living, with its 3,000+ electronical appliance factories responsible for more than half of the world’s air conditioners and refrigerators.{{citation |contribution-url=www.macauhub.com.mo/en/2015/09/11/foshan-from-buddhist-hill-to-world-manufacturing-centre/ |contribution= Foshan: From Buddhist Hill to World Manufacturing Centre |title= MacauHub |url=www.macauhub.com.mo/ |date= 11 September 2015 |access-date= 30 October 2016 |archive-url=macauhub.com.mo/" title="web.archive.org/web/20170405085912macauhub.com.mo/">web.archive.org/web/20170405085912macauhub.com.mo/ |archive-date= 5 April 2017 |url-status= live }}. Foshan now has more than 30 towns specialized in particular industries, including furniture, machinery, and beverages.The Foshan Hi-Tech Development Zone was founded in 1992. Its total planned area is {{cvt|7.55|km2}}. The zone is very close to the national highway G325 as well as Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The major industries in the zone including automobile assembly, biotechnology and chemicals processing.WEB,rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/foshan-hi-tech-development-zone/, RightSite.asia {{!, Foshan Hi-Tech Development Zone |access-date=2012-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426182040rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/foshan-hi-tech-development-zone |archive-date= 2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Foshan administers five county-level divisions, all of which are districts. The five districts are Chancheng, Nanhai, Sanshui, Gaoming and Shunde.These are further divided into 32 township-level divisions, including 11 subdistricts and 21 towns.Foshan is close to Guangzhou and considers its link with Guangzhou to be very important. As such, it is part of the Pearl River Delta and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area metropolis, centered on Guangzhou.{|class=“wikitable” style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;”{{Image label begin|image=Administrative Division Foshan.png|width=450|link=}} {{Image label|x=460|y=460|scale=450/750|text=Chancheng}}{{Image label|x=460|y=360|scale=450/750|text=Nanhai}}{{Image label|x=550|y=580|scale=450/750|text=Shunde}}{{Image label|x=390|y=230|scale=450/750|text=Sanshui}}{{Image label|x=210|y=580|scale=450/750|text=Gaoming}}{{Image label end}}{|class=“wikitable sortable collapsible” style="text-font:90%; width:auto; text-align:center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;”! colspan=“10” |Administrative divisions of Foshan!! scope=“col” rowspan=2 |DivisioncodeWEB, zh-hans,files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201502/20150225163817214.html, zh:中华人民共和国县以上行政区划代码, Ministry of Civil Affairs, live,files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201502/20150225163817214.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150402113603files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201502/20150225163817214.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150402113603files2.mca.gov.cn/cws/201502/20150225163817214.html, 2015-04-02, !! scope=“col” rowspan=2 |Division!! scope=“col” rowspan=2 |Area{{small|(km2)}}BOOK, zh-hans, Guangzhou Bureau of Statistics (广州市统计局), zh:《广州统计年鉴2013》, August 2013, (:zh:中国统计出版社, China Statistics Print), 978-7-5037-6651-0, !! scope=“col” rowspan=2 |Population{{small|(2010)}}BOOK, Census Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China, zh:中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料, 2012, (:zh:中国统计出版社, China Statistics Print), Beijing, 978-7-5037-6660-2, 1, !! scope=“col” rowspan=2 |Seat!! scope=“col” rowspan=2 |Postalcode!! scope=“col” colspan=4 |SubdivisionsBOOK, zh-hans, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Civil Affairs, zh:《中国民政统计年鉴2014》, August 2014, (:zh:中国统计出版社, China Statistics Print), 978-7-5037-7130-9, !! scope=“col” |Subdistricts!! scope=“col” |Towns!! scope=“col” |Residentialcommunities!! scope=“col” |Administrativevillages style="font-weight: bold”Chancheng District>Chancheng 528000 11 21 408 328Chancheng District>Chancheng 154.15 1,101,077 Zumiao Subdistrict 528000 3 1 89 54Nanhai District>Nanhai 1073.94 2,588,844 Guicheng Subdistrict, Foshan >| 67Shunde District>Shunde 806.55 2,464,784 Daliang Subdistrict, Foshan >| 108Sanshui District>Sanshui 874.22 622,645 Xinan Subdistrict, Foshan >| 48Gaoming District>Gaoming 939.64 420,044 Hecheng Subdistrict 528500 1 3 21 51{|class=“wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed” style="text-font:90%; width:auto; text-align:center; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;“! colspan=“4” |Administrative divisions in Chinese and varieties of romanizations! English !! Chinese !! Pinyin !! GuangdongRomanizationChancheng District >|xim4 xing4 kêu1Nanhai District >|nam4 hoi2 kêu1Shunde District >|sên6 deg1 kêu1Sanshui District >|sam1 sêu1 kêu1Gaoming District >|gou1 ming4 kêu1! Foshan city !! !!Fóshān Shì !!fed6 san1 xi5

Language

A dialect from the Samyap branch of Cantonese is used by the city natives. Besides that, Mandarin is also used, mainly in business and education, although natives do not use much of it in their daily lives.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Transportation

(File:Foshan railway station.jpg|thumb|Foshan railway station)In 2013 to 2014, Foshan planned to improve public transportation by putting forward six measures:Foshan City Transportation Bureau home page {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108184531www.fsjtw.gov.cn/zwgk/ghjh/201408/t20140826_4719116.htm |date=2015-01-08 }} Foshan City Transportation Bureau. Retrieved February 1, 2014

FMetro

The first line of FMetro opened in 2010, and another two lines are under construction and due to be completed in 2021 and 2022.The existing line of FMetro network:

• Line 1 (Guangfo Line): From Xinchengdong Station to Lijiao Station
• Line 2: From Nanzhuang Station to Guangzhou South Railway Station
• Line 3: From Shunde Polytechnic Station to Zhen’an Station

Rail

Foshan is a main interchange for railway routes linking Guangzhou, Hong Kong and western Guangdong Province. It is connected with Hong Kong via the KCRC Guangdong Through Train service from Foshan railway station, an inter-city train service that was extended from Guangzhou to Foshan in the 1990s.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Aviation

The city is served by Foshan Shadi Airport, and later the Pearl River Delta International Airport.

Education

{{expand section|date=July 2020}}File:Foshan University Front Gate.jpg|thumb|Foshan UniversityFoshan UniversityLike other government schools in Mainland China, Mandarin is the primary language of instruction in Foshan’s government schools.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Universities

• Foshan University
• South China Normal University (Foshan campus)

Schools

• Nanhai Senior High School

Sports

Foshan is one of the host cities for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.WEB,www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-high-ranking-loc-officials-confirmed-fiba-to-open-three-offi, FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 high-ranking LOC officials confirmed, FIBA to open three offices in China, 14 June 2016, FIBA, 7 September 2016,www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-high-ranking-loc-officials-confirmed-fiba-to-open-three-offi," title="web.archive.org/web/20180320110409www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-high-ranking-loc-officials-confirmed-fiba-to-open-three-offi,">web.archive.org/web/20180320110409www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/fiba-basketball-world-cup-2019-high-ranking-loc-officials-confirmed-fiba-to-open-three-offi, 20 March 2018, live, The city hosted events during the 2010 Asian Games. Synchronized swimming at the Foshan Aquatics Center and boxing at the Foshan Gymnasium.WEB, Guangzhou Asian Games Venues and Transportation,www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/guangdong/guangzhou/asian-games-venues.htm, 2019-04-19,web.archive.org/web/20190419215821/https://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/guangdong/guangzhou/asian-games-venues.htm, 2019-04-19, live, In October 2014 the city hosted The Foshan Open golf event on the European Challenge Tour.WEB,www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/guangdong/foshan, The Foshan Tour, European Challenge Tour, PGA European Tour, 20 November 2014,www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/guangdong/foshan/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150318003238www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/guangdong/foshan/,">web.archive.org/web/20150318003238www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/guangdong/foshan/, 18 March 2015, live, Two professional football teams have played in Foshan. From 1989 to 1997 Foshan Fosti (now disbanded) played at the New Plaza Stadium in Chancheng (now demolished). Foshan Fosti mainly played in the second tier, but did play in the eight team top tier in 1993. In 2007, newly created Guangdong Sunray Cave played at Nanhai District Stadium (now demolished), before moving to the Century Lotus Stadium in 2008. Sunray Cave then moved to Guangzhou, although did play the final games of the 2013 China League One back at Century Lotus Stadium. They returned to Guangzhou in 2014 and then disbanded.WEB,wildeastfootball.geezerbuild.com/2018/02/football-foshan-matters/, Football in Foshan and why it matters - Wild East Football, wildeastfootball.geezerbuild.com, en-GB, 2018-07-08,wildeastfootball.geezerbuild.com/2018/02/football-foshan-matters/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180708155010wildeastfootball.geezerbuild.com/2018/02/football-foshan-matters/,">web.archive.org/web/20180708155010wildeastfootball.geezerbuild.com/2018/02/football-foshan-matters/, 2018-07-08, dead,

Destinations

File:GZ FS Prayers 3.jpg|thumb|Foshan Ancestral TempleFoshan Ancestral Temple

• Crowne Plaza Foshan Hotel
• Foshan Ancestral Temple (Zumiao)
• Nanfeng Kiln
• Liang’s Garden
• Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall

Sister cities

{{More citations needed section|date=December 2020}}

• {{flagdeco|JPN}} Itami, Hyōgo Japan
• {{flagdeco|FRA}} La Possession, Réunion, France (since 1989)WEB,ville-lapossession.mobius.re/la-possession-ville-des-jumelages.html, Ville de la Possession - Jumelages, 2012-05-17,ville-lapossession.mobius.re/la-possession-ville-des-jumelages.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120517100919ville-lapossession.mobius.re/la-possession-ville-des-jumelages.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120517100919ville-lapossession.mobius.re/la-possession-ville-des-jumelages.html, 2012-05-17, dead,
• {{flagdeco|MUS}} Port Louis, Mauritius
• {{flagdeco|US}} Oakland, California, United States
• {{flagdeco|US}} Stockton, California, United States
• {{flagdeco|CAN}} Markham, Ontario, Canada (Friendly co-operative)
• {{flagdeco|AUS}} Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• {{flagdeco|UK}} Medway, United Kingdom
• {{flagdeco|POL}} Starogard GdaÅ„ski, Poland
• {{flagdeco|Grenada}} St. George’s, Grenada
• {{flagdeco|DEU}} Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany (since 2013)WEB,www2.ingolstadt.de/index.phtml?object=tx%7C1842.55.1&NavID=1842.86&Aktuell_ID=13449, Stadt Ingolstadt - Aktuelles, 2019-12-08,www2.ingolstadt.de/index.phtml?object=tx%7C1842.55.1&NavID=1842.86&Aktuell_ID=13449," title="web.archive.org/web/20170822222905www2.ingolstadt.de/index.phtml?object=tx%7C1842.55.1&NavID=1842.86&Aktuell_ID=13449,">web.archive.org/web/20170822222905www2.ingolstadt.de/index.phtml?object=tx%7C1842.55.1&NavID=1842.86&Aktuell_ID=13449, 2017-08-22, dead, WEB,www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neuburg/Ingolstadt-und-Foshan-id27503787.html, Ingolstadt und Foshan, 2014-08-03,www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neuburg/Ingolstadt-und-Foshan-id27503787.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170921202624www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neuburg/Ingolstadt-und-Foshan-id27503787.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170921202624www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/neuburg/Ingolstadt-und-Foshan-id27503787.html, 2017-09-21, live,

Notable people

• Wong Kei-ying (ca. 1815-1886), Hung Ga master, doctor, father of Wong Fei Hung and one of the members of the Ten Tigers of Canton.
• Leung Jan (1826-1901), Wing Chun master, doctor and instructor of Ip Man
• Wong Fei Hung (1847–1924), Hung Ga master and doctor, honored at a memorial hall in Chancheng.
• Ip Man (1893–1972), Wing Chun grandmaster and instructor of Bruce Lee.
• Pu Jun Jin (born 1984), racing driver
• Wang Yue, (2009-2011), toddler killed in one of the most notorious examples of the bystander effect.

Notes

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References

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External links

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